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AZTECS STRUGGLE WITH KEY INJURIES & DEPARTURES
COACHES, QUARTERBACKS AND RUNNING BACKS ARE ALL EXPERIENCING ISSUES From mumps, to injuries, to departures, the Aztecs are a team in turmoil at the wrong time. Texas State next and the Bobcats are peaking. Coach Sean Lewis addressed issues Monday ambiguous answers to several players out due to mumps. He cited FERPA, HIPAA as sources […]
2026 MW/PAC-12 All-Transfer Team: Week Four
Welcome back to the Transfer Portal Team of the Week! Find out the top performances from incoming transfers across both conferences! With conference play opening up for most teams, let’s see who has stood out as stars at their new schools! Enjoy! Mountain West Quarterback Jackson Arnold Class: True Senior Previous stops: Oklahoma, Auburn || […]
Built for the Climb: Bison Momentum Rolls On with Collector’s Edition Uniform
North Dakota State is breaking the rules again. No, not literally. And this time, it isn’t about the Bison making the historic jump from the FCS to the FBS. Instead, NDSU is doing something still relatively rare in college football: creating a custom, one-game collector’s edition uniform, wearing it for a milestone game and then […]
Mountain West & Pac-12 Bowl Projections Week 4: Patterns are starting to emerge.
The time has come. The 2026 season is upon us. We are past the time of watch lists and preseason awards and have entered the time of bowl projections. Our team at Mountain West Connection will be releasing our bowl projections each week. This season, both Mountain West and Pac-12 projections will be included in […]
Mountaintop View 9-30-26: Lobos-Miners, Jesse Legree, Pac-12 basketball
Lobos-Miners rekindle rivalry League play opens as the Lobos and Miners renew their long rivalry. Jesse Legree breaking records The Oregon State receiver is on his way to breaking records as a freshman Are slow starts for Fresno State concerning? The Bulldogs offense is having slow starts. Is that concerning with league play? The Pac-12 […]
Sitting at 0-4, Where Will the Wins Come From for Northern Illinois?
For every North Dakota State, there’s a Northern Illinois. The Huskies have not had a picturesque start to their Mountain West campaign like the Bison have, or any other MW program, for that matter. Sitting at 0-4, it’ll be up to conference play for NIU to find that elusive first victory. Which matchup has the […]
MWCConnection Reacts Survey: Group of 6 Playoff Spot
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mountain West fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys:
The Mountain West Race Is Taking Shape—and North Dakota State and New Mexico Are Rising Fast!
North Dakota State is still unbeaten, New Mexico is making progress under Jason Eck, and some Mountain West teams are already facing tough questions after the first month. By Roger A. Holien | Mountain West Connection After four weeks of the 2026 college football season, the Mountain West is starting to show what kind of […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Week 4
The final week of non-conference play offered a variety of opportunities for the PAC-12. Boise State traveled to Kalamazoo to take on Western Michigan, with the winner becoming the front-runner for the Group of Six spot in the College Football Playoff. Washington State took on its third Power Five opponent as they looked to get […]
Jack’s back on Bison 1660 Radio! Are San Diego State & Hawaii doomed? Revealing the THREE TRUE CFP Contenders w/ their paths & odds! MW/PAC-12 Games of the Week Preview/Prediction! HP Ep. #172 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! A wild week of football left some schools heading towards new heights and others spiraling towards the bottom. We’ll kick the show off with an investigation on what’s going wrong with San Diego State, who looks unrecognizable after their […]
Mountaintop View 9-29-26
Wyoming football set for 1st ‘Battle of the Basins’ matchup against North Dakota State Alex Taylor of WyoSports sets up the matchup between Wyoming and North Dakota State, which now has a rivalry trophy! The “Battle of the Basins” game will happen this weekend in Fargo. Come on, guys. The “Craig Bowl” was right there. […]
No. 22 Boise State’s throttling of Western Michigan clears path for CFP
Every year. Every month. Every weekend. A new, innocent program marches into the national conversation of the G6 powers hoping to plant a new flag upon the throne. North Texas, UNLV, Liberty, and Troy – just to name a few. They have a great season that goes down as a program-definer. Then, like the hole […]
What Does the Double OT Loss Mean for Nevada Now?
Some losses leave you wondering what went wrong. Then there are losses that leave you wondering what could have been. For Nevada, Saturday night’s 36-33 double-overtime loss to Air Force falls firmly into both categories. The Wolf Pack didn’t get blown out. They weren’t dominated from start to finish. They weren’t overwhelmed by their first […]
MWCConnection Recruiting Roundup 9-28-26. Thoughts on Rivals
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. Over the past week, Rivals/On3 recruiting has made some waves, and not for the right reasons. While I don’t agree with the decision at all, it is a complex situation nonetheless. There is no doubt it’s hard to evaluate every recruit trying to chase their college dreams. I […]
Mountain West Football Rankings: Week 4. Wyoming & Nevada rise, while Hawaii and UTEP fall.
The college football season is firing on all cylinders, and games are happening every weekend. The rankings are back for another week. Read on to see how this week’s slate of games affected each team’s status in the MWCConnection Mountain West rankings. 1) North Dakota State (0) BYE WEEK 2) New Mexico (0) The Lobos […]
Mountain West Connection Football: Week 4 Players of the Week
Week 4 provided one of the most entertaining weekends of the young 2026 Mountain West season. Air Force and Nevada battled through two overtimes in Reno. UNLV dominated Akron on the road. New Mexico cruised past New Mexico State in the Rio Grande Rivalry, while Wyoming picked up its first Mountain West victory of the […]
PAC-12 Power Rankings: Week 4
Week four has concluded, and each PAC-12 team has wrapped up its non-conference schedule, with league play kicking off next weekend. There were some surprising results that have caused a bit of a shake-up in our Power Rankings, while there were also some teams that took care of business. With that being said, let’s take […]
PAC-12 Players of the Week: Week 4
Another exciting week of PAC-12 football has concluded as we inch closer to the start of league play. There were some big out-of-conference contests, with Boise State traveling to Kalamazoo to take on Western Michigan in a playoff elimination game and Washington State taking on Arizona as they look to get on track before league […]
Mountaintop View 9-28-26. Broncos, Lobos win big. Cowboys & Falcons pick up conference victories, AP Poll.
It’s Monday, and we are back at it! Football season is firing on all cylinders, and we have you covered. As always, check out our original coverage and what we can find on the World Wide Web below. Broncos dominate the Broncos In the battle of two Broncos, Boise State nearly shut out Western Michigan […]
Boise State Enters the AP Poll
Boise State became the first Group of Six team to be ranked in the AP Poll this weekend after their blowout win over Western Michigan in Kalamazoo. Boise State’s last appearance in the AP Poll came before the 2025 season-opening loss to South Florida when Boise State was ranked #25. The Broncos are now #22 […]
2026 Mountain West Football Week 4 Recap
Week 4 of the 2026 season is in the books, and it was the smallest slate of games in any week this season. The first five games of the week were decided by at least 17 points, but in the nightcap, we were gifted what will likely stand as a game of the year contender […]
What We Learned about Fresno State in non-conference
The non-conference schedule came to an end on Saturday for the Fresno State Bulldogs, and after four games we have learned some things about this edition of the FSU football team. On Saturday the Bulldogs struggled early with Rice, as the Owls quarterback Jacurri Brown gave them fits. Fueled by two long touchdown plays, the […]
Air Force grabs the Mountain West’s third best spot, for now
The top two aren’t up for debate. North Dakota State and New Mexico have separated from the pack for now and nothing this weekend really changed that. New Mexico’s 42-18 blowout of New Mexico State was the kind of business-as-usual result contenders are supposed to produce. NDSU didn’t play, but the Bison’s week three win […]
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AZTECS STUMBLE 41-16, LOSE RUNNING BACKS RAMS ON SHORT END OF OFFENSIVE SHOWDOWN San Diego State came into their game against Toledo looking to discover their offense. After the first drive,things looked good as the Aztecs scored for the first time in four games on their opening drive, generating a score for the first time […]
MWCConnection Reacts Results: Mountain West dark horse team.
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, a proud partner of SBNation. Falcons are a dark horse in the Mountain West A bit of an odd question for this week, but an important one. Most everyone would agree that New Mexico and North Dakota State are the top two teams in the Mountain West conference. […]
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